Afro-American

Speech parts

1. Afro-American - Noun

2. Afro-American - Adjective

3. Afro-American - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

African-American african negro black colored blackened coloured black man Black person Aframerican Black American black dude black gentleman black kid black fella
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Antonyms

white white man whitefella white guy

Related terms

negro black person of color Afro-Latin Afro-Russian

Examples

African-American culture Source: Internet

African influence upon Afro-American language varieties: A consideration of sociohistorical factors. Source: Internet

Although the step known as "Jay-Bird", and other specific movement sequences are of Afro-American origin, no record of the Charleston being performed on the plantation has been discovered. Source: Internet

A further development was the evolution of the blues ballad, which mixed the genre with Afro-American music. Source: Internet

Blues ballads main The blues ballad has been seen as a fusion of Anglo-American and Afro-American styles of music from the 19th century. Source: Internet

Composer William Grant Still used excerpts from four dialect poems by Dunbar as epigraphs for the four movements of his Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, "Afro-American" (1930). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Afro pick Afro- Afro-America Afro-American Vernacular English Afro-Arab Afro-Argentine